Resetting Garage Door Sensors

You will still be able to use the doors by manually opening or closing it.

Resetting garage door sensors.

Cycle the garage door through the opening and closing actions using the control on the garage wall. Sometimes the sensor may be beyond repair due to wear and tear and in such a case your best bet is to replace the garage door sensor with a new one. Continue until the sensors are once again level. If done correctly you ll have disconnected your safety sensors from your garage door.

The sensors detect obstructions in the path of a closing garage door and. To reconnect the garage door to your liftmaster garage door opener manually close the garage door pull the emergency release handle down. The first thing you need to do is stop the power supply for the garage door. Cut the wires about 1 inch 2 5 cm from the safety sensor.

Safety sensors are critical components of most automatic garage doors. Lay a level so the bottom runs along the string. Join us as we show the step by step process on aligning your safety reverse sensors. Now press the remote control.

If the line of the string isn t level adjust 1 or both garage door sensors by sliding the mounting bracket upward. Reattach the cut wires to the new sensors. Press the garage door opener wall button to fully open the garage door. The safest way to bypass a garage door sensor is to disconnect the garage door from the opener.

If you have an automatic garage door then you have to disconnect the door sensors. To reset the system you will need to locate the button on the motor that reads learn or home in many cases this button will be located on the same side as the device s antenna and next to an led. Disconnect the emergency release cord. Remove any debris dust or cobwebs from the electric eye lenses on each sensor with a clean rag.

Try opening the garage door with the remote and see what happens. Led colors range by brand and model. Step 2 pull the emergency release cord to disconnect the garage door from the opener. Check that the line of the string is level.

The latest garage door sensors are technologically advanced and even allow you to control the opening and closing through an app on your smartphone. Troubleshooting safety sensors for garage doors.